2016 Canberra Raiders season

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2016 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2016 recordWins: 17; draws: 1; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 688; against: 456
Team information
CEODon Furner Jr.
Coach Ricky Stuart
Captain
Stadium GIO Stadium - 25,011
Avg. attendance12,182 (regular season)
13,806 (including finals)
High attendance18,825 vs. Eels on 21 August (regular season)
25,592 vs. Sharks on 10 September (including finals)
Top scorers
Tries Jordan Rapana (22)
Goals Jarrod Croker (112)
PointsJarrod Croker (296)
<  2015 List of seasons 2017  >

The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

Contents

Squad

Canberra Raiders
NRL Squad 2015Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 18 November 2015
Source(s): Raiders 2016 Squad

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on 6 February and 7 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the Dragons, Sharks and Titans.

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 5 MarchRound 1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 30 - 22 Austin, Fensom, E Lee, Sezer (2) J Croker (5/7)11,297
Saturday, 12 MarchRound 2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters GIO Stadium 21 - 20 J Croker, Papalii (2), Soliola J Croker (2/4), Williams (1 FG)12,423
Saturday, 19 MarchRound 3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 24 - 24 B Lee, Papalii, Rapana, Soliola J Croker (4/6)13,745
Saturday, 26 MarchRound 4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans GIO Stadium 20 - 24 J Croker, E Lee, Whitehead J Croker (4/4)11,039
Monday, 4 AprilRound 5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 8 - 22 J Croker (2), Wighton J Croker (5/5)13,463
Saturday, 9 AprilRound 6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium 26 - 6 Austin J Croker (1/1)12,947
Sunday, 17 AprilRound 7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 16 - 40 Baptiste, Rapana, Sezer J Croker (2/3)12,890
Saturday, 23 AprilRound 8 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers GIO Stadium 60 - 6 Boyd, J Croker, Leilua (2), Rapana (4), Sezer, Vaughan, Whitehead J Croker (8/11)13,420
Saturday, 30 AprilRound 9 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Carrington Park 19 - 18 Rapana (2), Vaughan J Croker (2/3)6,721
Thursday, 12 MayRound 10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons UOW Jubilee Oval 16 - 12 J Croker, Rapana J Croker (2/2)9,647
Saturday, 21 MayRound 11 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Yarrow Stadium 12 - 38 Austin, J Croker, Hodgson, E Lee, Leilua, Papalii J Croker (7/8)12,833
Sunday, 29 MayRound 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GIO Stadium 32 - 12 E Lee, Leilua, Rapana, Soliola, Tapine (2) J Croker (4/6)13,907
Friday, 3 JuneRound 13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium 30 - 18 Hodgson, B Lee, Papalii, Whitehead, Wighton J Croker (5/5)9,157
Thursday, 9 JuneRound 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 26 - 18 Austin, Baptiste (2) J Croker (3/3)25,021
Round 15 Bye
Sunday, 26 JuneRound 16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 22 - 30 J Croker (2), B Lee (2), Vaughan J Croker (5/7)12,645
Sunday, 3 JulyRound 17 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights GIO Stadium 29 - 25 Austin, J Croker (2), Rapana, Wighton J Croker (3/3), Sezer (1/1), Austin (1 FG)9,731
Monday, 11 JuneRound 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys GIO Stadium 26 - 12 Hodgson, Sezer, Wighton (2) J Croker (5/6)8,328
Round 19 Bye
Saturday, 23 JulyRound 20 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors GIO Stadium 26 - 22 J Croker (3), Leilua, Tapine J Croker (3/4)9,471
Sunday, 31 JulyRound 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 4 - 54 Austin, J Croker, Hodgson, E Lee, Leilua, Rapana (2), Soliola, Whitehead (2), Wighton J Croker (7/10)10,076
Saturday, 6 AugustRound 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 14 - 30 Austin, Rapana (2), Wighton J Croker (7/7)15,133
Monday, 15 AugustRound 23 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm GIO Stadium 22 - 8 Boyd, Leilua (2) J Croker (5/5)15,707
Sunday, 21 AugustRound 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels GIO Stadium 28 - 18 J Croker, B Lee (4), Soliola J Croker (2/6)18,825
Saturday, 27 AugustRound 25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 30 - 44 E Lee, Leilua (2), Rapana (3), Vaughan, Wighton J Croker (6/8)11,137
Sunday, 4 SeptemberRound 26 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 10 - 52 J Croker, Hodgson, Leilua, Papalii (2), Rapana (2), Tapine, Williams J Croker (6/6), Sezer (2/3)18,634
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 10 SeptemberQualifying Final Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 14 - 16 Hodgson, Rapana J Croker (3/3)25,592
Saturday, 17 SeptemberSemi Final Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 22 - 12 Austin, J Croker, Rapana J Croker (5/5)21,498
Saturday, 24 SeptemberPreliminary Final Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 12 - 14 Rapana, Whitehead Sezer (2/2)28,161
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2419052563302+26142
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2417162688456+23239
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P)2417162580404+17639
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415092584355+22934
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092554434+12034
6 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24140102563463+10032
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102506448+5832
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24111122508497+1127
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110132499607−10826
10 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24100142513601−8824
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24100142341538−19724
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2490152473549−7622
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2480162454563−10920
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24130112298324−26181
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2460182443576−13316
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2411222305800−4957

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Player statistics

Highest try scorers

No.PlayerGamesTries
1 Jordan Rapana 2621
2 Jarrod Croker 2617
3 Joseph Leilua 2410
=4 Jack Wighton 258
=4 Blake Austin 198

Most goals

No.PlayerGamesGoals
1 Jarrod Croker 26112
2 Aidan Sezer 233

Most field goals

No.PlayerGamesField Goals
=1 Blake Austin 181
=1 Sam Williams 91

Highest point scorers

No.PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
1 Jarrod Croker 26181120296
2 Jordan Rapana 26220088
3 Joseph Leilua 24100040
4 Blake Austin 1880133
5 Jack Wighton 2580032

Representative

Domestic

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
WG Edrick Lee Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Jack Wighton Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
CE Jarrod Croker World All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
FE Aidan Sezer City colours.svg NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
PR Shannon Boyd Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
CE Jarrod Croker Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
BE Paul Vaughan Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
FB Jack Wighton Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
BE Josh Papalii Queensland colours.svg Queensland 2016 State of Origin

International

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
SR Josh Papalii Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2016 Anzac Test
CE Sisa Waqa Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 2016 Melanesian Cup
BE Kurt Baptiste Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 2016 Melanesian Cup
CE Kato Ottio Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 2016 Melanesian Cup

Honours

The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September. [17]

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